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The Blackbird Can Be Any Car it Wants to Be

The electric vehicle's size and shape can change with the push of a button and re-skinned for movies, ads and showrooms.
The Mill's Blackbird is the perfect stand-in for when the real vehicle can't be used onscreen.
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The Blackbird looks and drives exactly like a Ford Mustang. And a Toyota Prius. Or a Range Rover. That, after all, is the point: The Blackbird isn't any of those cars, but it can appear to be all of them. The Mill, a British visual-effects production firm,

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